El Mirasol was a 37-room
Spanish Colonial Revival mansion at 348 North Ocean Boulevard in
Palm Beach, Florida
Palm Beach is an incorporated town in Palm Beach County, Florida. Located on a barrier island in east-central Palm Beach County, the town is separated from several nearby cities including West Palm Beach and Lake Worth Beach by the Intracoas ...
.
Designed by architect
Addison Mizner for financier
Edward T. Stotesbury, it was completed in 1920.
Stotesbury's second wife Lucretia (Eva) Stotesbury was the one who convinced her husband to hire Mizner. She added on to the mansion several times.
It extended from the
Intracoastal to the ocean, two blocks.
At the end it included a 40-car garage, a tea house, an auditorium, and a private zoo.
El Mirasol ( The Sunflower ) was demolished in 1959.
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Palm Beach, Florida
Addison Mizner buildings
Spanish Colonial Revival architecture in Florida
Houses completed in 1919
Houses in Palm Beach County, Florida
Buildings and structures demolished in 1959
1919 establishments in Florida
1950s disestablishments in Florida